Tips, Tools & Techniques - Elderflower Cake

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Baking is certainly not my area of expertise and is also not something I do very often! However, I found a recipe from BBC Good Food while looking for different ways of using my homemade Elderflower Cordial, and decided to give it a go!

Ingredients:

For the Cake Base
175g softened butter (plus extra for greasing)
175g golden caster sugar
3 eggs
140g self-raising flour
85g ground almonds
½ tsp baking powder
100ml milk

For the Elderflower Drizzle
4 tbsp elderflower cordial
4 tbsp white or golden granulated sugar

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb/900g loaf tin with a long strip of baking parchment.

To make the loaf cake batter, beat the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until light and fluffy.

Beat in the eggs, flour, almonds, baking powder and milk until smooth. Pour into the tin and bake for 45-50 mins until golden, risen and a skewer poked in the centre comes out clean.

Making a mess of the kitchen is optional.... or unavoidable in my case!!

As soon as the cake has come out of the oven, prick it all over with a skewer. Mix together the cordial and extra sugar, then pour all over the cake. Cool in the tin, then carefully lift out to slice.

I also tried to get creative with the decoration by mixing icing sugar and cordial to 'drizzle' over the top. My attempt is a bit more messy rustic than the lovely photos you see on food blogs!!

This was pretty yummy (if I say so myself!), especially if you like elderflower cordial. What recipes have you used elderflower for?!

                         

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